Despite title, Hazen still No. 2 in Boston front office

“Over his 10 years with the Red Sox, Mike has proven to be an invaluable member of the baseball operations department”. They’ve done a very good job of assembling a great stable of young players.

“For me, what it came down to is the experience that he’s had at the major league level, and he’s part of the organization”, he said.

“Nobody five weeks ago was proud of where we were”, said Hazen, seated next to Dombrowski. Hopefully that puts me in a position to help speed Dave up in terms of some of the things walking in that he may not know right away – our relationship, our ability to communicate, those from the front office to the clubhouse are extremely important. When we sign up for this line of work, we realize what the ramifications can be when the product on the field isn’t what it needs to be. Don’t just say it because you think it’s what I want to hear. It seems to me that the name of Mike Hazen is only familiar to die-hard Red Sox fans, since casual fans may only know a few names that go beyond the ownership and previous GM.

Per Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe, the Red Sox are following the direction of the Los Angeles Dodgers by adding multiple executives and voices.

As in the first of these games back on Tuesday, the Red Sox once again found themselves with an early lead.

Longoria, who broke in with the Rays in 2008, is the fourth third baseman to have 20 homers in seven of his first eight seasons, joining Eddie Mathews, Chipper Jones and Scott Rolen.

Hazen is a native of Abington, Mass. and attended Princeton, where he became an All-Ivy League outfielder. “I’ve been involved in a lot from the time I played, coaching in minor leagues, to being involved in scouting, running Latin America, to assistant GM and GM”.

The Red Sox also promoted Jared Banner to director of player personnel. The Red Sox plans on how to use Ramirez in the future are unknown, but he has worked at first base.

Ortiz eclipsed the 100-RBI mark for the ninth time with his 36th homer, but Wade Miley’s strong outing unraveled in the sixth inning and the Red Sox fell deeper into the AL East cellar in a 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The position was vacated by Ben Cherington after Dombrowski’s arrival last month.

Dombrowski is entering a situation where he has an exorbitant amount of money to hire qualified people that will help him avoid such mistakes.